94-Year-Old Lottery Winner Wants Payout Now, Dag Nabit!

(yeah, I know it's a an old lady in the story, but I like this pic, leave me be, whippersnappers...)

"BOSTON - A 94-year-old woman who won a $5.6 million dollar Megabucks lottery drawing in September wants to get the cash now instead of a 20-year annuity payout.

Louise Outing of Everett said she won't live to collect her full winnings, and she wants to be able to help her family and spend the money as she chooses.

'In March, I will be 95 years old. Do you realize that? Ninety-five in March. Now, you know I'm not going to live another 20 years,' she told The Boston Globe."

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Her position seems pretty fair, so of course the lottery commision is balking at her request. Locking horns with the elderly is never a smart PR move, but the 'lotterati' elite DID say her beneficiaries will continue to receive the yearly payout if she (most likely) kicks the bucket before the 20 years of cash dribble is up. On second thought, It might be better for said family members to get it a little bit at a time, so they don't blow all that loot at once like a bunch of cash-crazed morons.

I wash my hands of these idjits. Hit the link to read the full story, if you must.